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The death, on Monday, of one of Britain’s most iconic public figures —
Margaret Thatcher — prompted many questions. Are we still, essentially,
living in Thatcherite Britain? Did her take-no-prisoners leadership of the
Tory party temporarily regenerate it — only to sow the seeds of its ultimate
destruction? How will history treat someone so classically “not arsed” — to
use the technical term —by gay rights?

But the most pertinent question of all, of course, was: how will celebrities
respond to the death of Baroness Thatcher on Twitter? And the answer was:
oddly cautiously.